Database Question Answers - Chapter 1

• 8. Which is a type of DBMS software

  1. utilities
  2. query language
  3. report writer
  4. All of above

  Answer :

  Option D

• 9. Related fields in a data base are grouped to form

  1. data file
  2. data record
  3. menu
  4. bank

  Answer :

  Option B

• 10. Transaction processing was made possible by the development of

  1. direct access storage
  2. magnetic tape
  3. cash register input
  4. minicomputers

  Answer :

  Option A

• 11. Data management system may be implemented as

  1. system software
  2. application software
  3. computer program
  4. all of above

  Answer :

  Option D

• 12. Administrative supervision of database activities is responsibility of

  1. Database administrator
  2. DP Manager
  3. DB Manager
  4. None of above
  5. 6%
  6. 7%
  7. 8%
  8. 9%

  Answer :

  Option

• 13. Embedded pointer provides

  1. a secondary access path
  2. a physical record key
  3. an inverted index
  4. all of above

  Answer :

  Option A

• 14. The master list of an indexed file

  1. is sorted in ascending order
  2. contains only a list of keys and record numbers
  3. has a number assigned to each record
  4. none of above

  Answer :

  Option C